Booking an education service with 20-21 Visual Arts Centre ensures
a unique quality experience that is continually evaluated by pupils and school
teachers to guarantee value for money. Our beautiful building with creative and
historical architecture, offers a unique venue for your pupils to be inspired
and creative.
Our Education
Officer is on hand to discuss how 20-21 can accommodate your needs, please
contact 01724 297070 or email education.2021@northlincs.gov.uk
for an informal chat.
Workshops
Inspired
by our current exhibitions, all workshops explore materials and themes
presented by contemporary artists. Workshops are
available throughout the school year and are designed to compliment the school
curriculum. All workshops feature current exhibition visits, where possible.
Angels
and Gargoyles
This workshop is available all year round and focuses on exploring
sculpture and methods used to create 3D objects. It includes looking at our
sculpture handling collection and a tour of the angels and gargoyles of 20-21’s
church building. Children create their own angel or gargoyle using air drying
clay.
Suitable for all key stages.
Half day workshop (2 hours).
Half day workshop (2 hours).
Available as outreach.
Popping Portraits
This full day workshop will
see children being challenged to recreate The Factory, Andy Warhol’s famous
studio space. Pupils complete portraits of classmates, discuss themes of pop
art and popular culture, as well as experiencing screen printing and the
equipment involved in this printing method. A vibrant, exciting and interesting
workshop that sees children go home with their very own Andy Warhol style
screen printed portrait!
“The children absolutely
loved the trip, thank you so much for inspiring them, we have already done a
follow up art lesson this week looking at portraits and proportion, and you can
see how much they have learnt since the trip!” – KS2 teacher from Burton Stather
Primary School
Full day workshop (4 hours).
Available as outreach.
Shadow Puppetry
Our most popular workshop
has pupils and teachers becoming shadows in a shadow puppet performance! Witness
as dramatic storylines unfold before your very eyes, using shadow and light
manipulation. Children become set designers, narrators, lighting technicians
and actors while using our specialised equipment.
“It was really clever how
you mixed our dragon topic with a shadow puppet way. We have learnt how much
work goes into shadow puppets and what makes shadows and light.” – KS2 pupil
from Bottesford Junior School
Half day workshop (2 hours)
Available as outreach.
Everyday Objects
Inspired
by one of most popular exhibitions, Everyday Objects has a giggle with Jason
Taylor’s designs and unusual creations, using household findings. Pupils learn
about Jason’s self set challenge to create an object everyday for a whole year.
We examine the properties and possibilities behind things we see everyday and
create temporary structures in teams. Pupils create a Straw Leafed Clover and a
Flyer Flower while thinking about themes of repetition, recycling and
determination in design.
“The children were engaged and
inspired, so were the adults!” – KS2 teacher from Brumby Junior
School
Half day workshop (2 hours)
Available as outreach.
Bespoke packages
More often than not, we
receive requests to fit a specific topic or classroom subject. Bespoke
workshops take in an exhibition visit and cover the requested topic while
challenging pupils to think like artists for the day. Prices vary depending on
class sizes and workshop duration. Get in touch for more details.
Artist
Led Workshops
We
have a vast group of artists that we work with here at 20-21, who each come
highly recommended. Contact our Education Officer for an informal chat on what
artist would best suit your requirements. All artists come at varied costs and
can build workshops bespoke to your needs.
Tours and Talks
All
tours should be booked through our Education Officer, who can offer guidance in
ensuring you get the most out of your visit.
Guided Tour
20-21
lead tours and are developed to guide students through themes, materials and
subjects featured in various current exhibitions.
Artist Talk
If you want to
enrich your visit with a talk from an exhibiting artist, we can do our best to
make a booking for you.
Self Guided Tour
Self
Guided Tours are a FREE offer to all groups, without the use of the activity
table. We advise booking with us, so we can greet you on arrival. FREE Self Guided Tour Packs are a popular tool to accompany your exhibition tour. These are available by contacting us on education.epd@northlincs.gov.uk
It is possible to book the use of the Education Room for lunches or self-lead activities that coincide with your visit. This comes at a cost of £10 an hour between 10am and 4pm.
Teacher Training
20-21 can design teacher
training packages to best suit your school. These packages can be offered as
outreach, or as a visit to 20-21. Let us help you embed arts across the
curriculum and introduce you to unusual methods, equipments and themes to
inspire creativity across your school.
Teacher Twilight
20-21 run Teacher Twilight
sessions that consider curriculum links to major exhibitions in the gallery
spaces. These sessions are delivered with advice and facilitation from AST’s.
Teacher Twilights are FREE
and are advertised through this blog
and our e-newsletters.
Embedding Arts
We have recently completed a
pilot project, working with a primary school in Immingham to embed arts across
the curriculum. The project included training 15 teachers at the beginning of
summer term and delivering similar workshops to the whole school at the end of
half term. The project proved very successful and cost effective for the
school, including visits to the centre and numerous outreach workshops with
each year group.
For details on developing a
similar project, get in touch: education.2021@northlincs.gov.uk
Loan Packs
Working with art and design
teachers from KS1 and KS2, 20-21 have created three new loan packs to help you
keep costs down, in school. Demonstrations on using any of the equipment can be
arranged at an additional cost.
Shadow Puppet Kit
Screen printing is quick, vibrant, exciting and allows for children to mass produce their images.
This kit includes several screens, squeegees and inks along with suggested ideas for activities.
Batik Kit
Batik is a method of textile
design traditionally associated with Indian textiles. Batik uses melted wax and
special tools to draw and dye fabrics. Facilities for schools
For information on our gift shop and accessing the venue, see Visitor Information.
School Exhibition
Why not book the education room for an exhibition in a professional art setting? Get in touch for more information.
Cost: Variable, contact us for more details.
Email list
We have gone green! To cut down on printing and help play our part in saving the environment we are aiming to use email to send out our education newsletter. We send out emails to keep you up to date with education news, forthcoming workshops and events.
If you would like to be added to our email mailing list please send your name, school and preferred email address to education.2021@northlincs.gov.uk. Email addresses supplied will only be used to send out education related news.